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Over the past three weeks, the United States Men’s National Team has played what USMNT manager Jurgen Klinsmann and U.S. Soccer have called a “Five-Game Tournament”. In that run, the U.S. opened up with friendlies against Scotland, Brazil and Canada and followed those games up with its first two official 2014 World Cup qualifiers...

It has been an up and down week for the Americans heading into World Cup qualifying. Following the demolition of Scotland last weekend in a 5-1 victory, the Americans were soundly beaten 4-1 by Brazil only three days later. In its latest friendly, the United States Men’s National Team tied Canada 0-0 in a...

Wednesday, in Genoa, Italy, Jurgen Klinsmann’s United States Men’s National Team will take on four-time World Cup winner Italy in what should be a stern test for the American team. With the game against Italy less than 48 hours away, let’s take a look at eight keys to American success. Picking the Right Formation...

Today, Jurgen Klinsmann announced his 21-man roster for the Italy friendly to be held next Wednesday. Here are five thoughts. Wondering why their phone didn’t ring… Zak Whitbread – Whitbread has been playing fairly consistently for Norwich City in the English Premier League this year and recently was a huge part of his team’s...

Although both games were played against under-strength squads, the United States Men’s National Team was able to pick up two 1-0 wins last week against Venezuela and then Panama using a squad primarily comprised of Major League Soccer players with relatively minor international experience. Here are ten things we learned. Brek Shea still has...